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George Lucas Making Changes to Star Wars Saga... Again
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ESB had quite a few changes:
-They added that scene with the Wampa
-completly redone Emperor/Vader scene
-Some extra dialogue and yells added to scenes
-Boba Fett's voice was redone
-A scene towards the end where Darth Vader says "inform my star destroyer to prepare for my arrival
-and they redid the external cloud city shots to CGI. I don't even remember what they used to look like anymore.
No idea what has been changed or added for the blu ray version.
Also, aside from replacing yoda puppet with CGI were any changes made to the prequels?
-They added that scene with the Wampa
-completly redone Emperor/Vader scene
-Some extra dialogue and yells added to scenes
-Boba Fett's voice was redone
-A scene towards the end where Darth Vader says "inform my star destroyer to prepare for my arrival
-and they redid the external cloud city shots to CGI. I don't even remember what they used to look like anymore.
No idea what has been changed or added for the blu ray version.
Also, aside from replacing yoda puppet with CGI were any changes made to the prequels?
BattleMonkey
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Darklord said:
We see 8% more of it now, so it's now 8% more closer to perfection.
megashock5
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I just got done watching Harmy's "De-specialized" cut of ANH with my daughter and it was GLORIOUS!
I damn near teared up when the credits rolled.
Major props to Harmy on this. Excellent work.
I damn near teared up when the credits rolled.
Major props to Harmy on this. Excellent work.
Melchiah
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Silent Star Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjzLggAKis
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DrForester
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Think I found my favorite soundbite in that Lucas speech.
Sorry if this goes slightly off topic, as it's about Star Wars and not the Blu-Rays specifically...
Anyway, I'm watching Empire Strikes Back, and got to the scene were Obi Wan and Yoda are talking, and Obi Wan says "That boy was our last hope," and Yoda replies, "No, there is another." At that moment, they're pretty much writing Luke off as turning to the dark side.
Apparently this "other" is Leia, assumed or defined better in Return of The Jedi.
However, Luke is leaving Yoda to SAVE Leia and Han in the first place. Therefore, if he doesn't leave, the "other" hope would be dead. Also, if Luke leaves Yoda but turns to the dark side, it'd be logical at that moment to predict that Leia and Han would still suffer the same fate.
It seems like an odd thing for Yoda to say under the circumstances. Am I missing something, meaning can someone explain it so it sits better for me?
Anyway, I'm watching Empire Strikes Back, and got to the scene were Obi Wan and Yoda are talking, and Obi Wan says "That boy was our last hope," and Yoda replies, "No, there is another." At that moment, they're pretty much writing Luke off as turning to the dark side.
Apparently this "other" is Leia, assumed or defined better in Return of The Jedi.
However, Luke is leaving Yoda to SAVE Leia and Han in the first place. Therefore, if he doesn't leave, the "other" hope would be dead. Also, if Luke leaves Yoda but turns to the dark side, it'd be logical at that moment to predict that Leia and Han would still suffer the same fate.
It seems like an odd thing for Yoda to say under the circumstances. Am I missing something, meaning can someone explain it so it sits better for me?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
They didn't decide that Leia was the "another" until the making of RotJ, maybe?Glass Joe said:
Escape Goat
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Medalion said:
And Laura Bush killed a man.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I've been thinking... I'm sure all of this "release the originals" stuff is playing right into Lucas' hands.
He's shown with the 2006 releases that he is perfectly willing to release the originals as a suppliment (albeit in shit quality... but considering that many here are boycotting the Blu-rays and instead shelling out for the 2006 versions, I'd say it's clearly a selling feature for many people)
....but remember, he put those originals on a double dip of the DVDs.
I'm certain he will release those originals again on future blu-ray releases... And then all these purists will claim victory in getting Lucas to see the light, and buy them out of misplaced gratitude and a sense of pent up demand for the originals.
But in all likelihood... Lucas is already planning to re-release the originals someday... it has nothing to do with your little grassroots boycott. It's just a way to build up demand amongst the hardcore fans, and maybe milk 2 or 3 double/triple dip purchases from them down the line.
I think this whole "changes to Star Wars" is win-win-win-win for Lucas in terms of making money. It's brilliant. He gets to promote ILM's work, he gets to update the look of the films for modern audience expectations, it gets a new selling feature ("Star Wars: With a new hat!").
He gets to milk $$$ from both people who don't care about the changes and want the new shiny, and eventually from those who want the originals when he finally re-releases them as a supplement on some future double dip (most of these purists probably gave in and bought the first release anyway). It's a perfect plan to get people to spend money again and again and again..
He's shown with the 2006 releases that he is perfectly willing to release the originals as a suppliment (albeit in shit quality... but considering that many here are boycotting the Blu-rays and instead shelling out for the 2006 versions, I'd say it's clearly a selling feature for many people)
....but remember, he put those originals on a double dip of the DVDs.
I'm certain he will release those originals again on future blu-ray releases... And then all these purists will claim victory in getting Lucas to see the light, and buy them out of misplaced gratitude and a sense of pent up demand for the originals.
But in all likelihood... Lucas is already planning to re-release the originals someday... it has nothing to do with your little grassroots boycott. It's just a way to build up demand amongst the hardcore fans, and maybe milk 2 or 3 double/triple dip purchases from them down the line.
I think this whole "changes to Star Wars" is win-win-win-win for Lucas in terms of making money. It's brilliant. He gets to promote ILM's work, he gets to update the look of the films for modern audience expectations, it gets a new selling feature ("Star Wars: With a new hat!").
He gets to milk $$$ from both people who don't care about the changes and want the new shiny, and eventually from those who want the originals when he finally re-releases them as a supplement on some future double dip (most of these purists probably gave in and bought the first release anyway). It's a perfect plan to get people to spend money again and again and again..
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
That's true but it doesn't even matter. They've established a name for themselves as the go-to studio for inserting new things into old movies... and CG in general.alr1ghtstart said:
NekoFever
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I ripped the original versions from the 2006 DVDs and converted them for my iPad. Once you've done all the work creating the chapters, filling in the metadata, adding nice original poster art, etc it looks pretty good. I'm surprised considering how low the resolution of the actual video is once it's been cropped and everything.
ryutaro's mama
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BocoDragon said:They didn't decide that Leia was the "another" until the making of RotJ, maybe?
5th draft of the script, actually.
Count Dookkake
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Dead Man said:
Keira Knightley.
NekoFever
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Good lord. Some of the shots I'm seeing look decent but that Qui-Gon one is beyond bad.
Admittedly it's from AVS so they're probably picking the absolute worst, but ROTJ doesn't look good in places either: http://pic.phyrefile.com/d/di/dia24...s_snapshot_00.54.48__2011.09.05_15.06.03_.png
Admittedly it's from AVS so they're probably picking the absolute worst, but ROTJ doesn't look good in places either: http://pic.phyrefile.com/d/di/dia24...s_snapshot_00.54.48__2011.09.05_15.06.03_.png
THE-Pink-Dagger
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These horrible screenshots come from rips, not the actual BR, been said at Avs.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Someone mentioned earlier in the thread that Lucas jumped on board with digital cameras as soon as he could, leading to Ep.1 being shot at a much lower resolution then normal film (4k)Salmonax said:
Its one of the reasons I want companys to start pushing a 4k standard like they did with HD.
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